# Incident 19851218073639I: Piper PA34200T, Charlotte, NC, December 18, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1985, 14:30 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Wilgrove
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2239D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2239D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851218073639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.  FOUND TRUNION TO STRUT HOUSING WEB HAD CRACKED.

## Other reports on N2239D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991111036209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111036209I), Nov 11, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N2239D), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. (-23) On November 11, 1999, at 1750 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-34-200T, N2239D, owned by a club and piloted by a commercial pilot, received minor damage…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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